Since the start of the campaign, he has spent more than $670,000 mostly on campaign advertising. That outpaces Veasey by about $200,000.

Beto Cardenas, a strategist with the Sanchez campaign, said that in a race against an incumbent who is more widely known by voters, Sanchez wants to prioritize meeting voters over lobbying for donations.

“He’s not taking money from the Washington establishments or political actions committees, or heavy contributors because he doesn’t believe in that being the way he wants to finance his campaign,” Cardenas said. “He wants to take his message directly to the voters.”

Along with door-knocking, Sanchez is touting his platform with TV ads. In the first, Sanchez knocks Congress for failing to create jobs or overhaul immigration policies.

More than 60 percent of the population in the 33rd Congressional District, which stretches from Oak Cliff to downtown Fort Worth, is Hispanic. That creates an opening for a Hispanic candidate who can energize that base of voters. Veasey, though, is relying on the district’s black voters, who are smaller in number but vote much more reliably.

Veasey received $86,435 in campaign donations since January and more than $700,000 last year. Lorraine Birabil, Veasey’s deputy campaign manager, called the campaign’s support in the district “stronger than ever.”

Veasey and Sanchez faced off Friday afternoon in a taped debate, which will air at 10 p.m. Saturday on Univision (Channel 23).

Check out Sanchez’s television spot below, as well as a Univision package (in Spanish) about the race. Rep. Veasey’s television advertisements are not on the internet.

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